Improvement in fence-stake



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- JAMES N; PEAS'', or PANAMA, NEW Yoan.

Letters Patent No. 95,932, dated Octobm- 19, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-STARE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sam'e.

Be it known that I, JAMES N. PEAsE, of Panama, in the county of Chautauqua, and State of New York, have :invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Stakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvement, by which my discovery or invention may be distinguished from others ofa similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to that class of devices known as portable fence-posts or stakes; and

Its nature consists in certain medido-ations of the details of the same, whereby the sill, cross-cleats, stakes, and caps are so combined and arranged, that the premature decay of the wood of which the said post is composed, is prevented, the effects of frost ob-l viated, and durability and cheapness secured.

In the annexed plate of drawings, which illustrate my invention, and form a part df the specification thereof,

Figure l is a perspective view, showing the various part-s of which the post is composed.

The construction of my device is as follows, to wit:

The stakes A, hav-ing been placed in position, t'. e., such 'a distance apart as to permit the rails of the fence to pass between them, at right angles with each other, when the said post .is used as a corner-post, they are secured in the said position by the crosscleats B, which are bolted, screwed, or otherwise fastened to the said stakes.

The sill C is of such dimensions as to t with exactness between the stakes A and beneath cross-cleats B, the width of the said. cleat being coincident with the distance between the said stakes, and the breadth of the same being coincident with the distance between the bottom of the said cleats and the base of the stake.

The said sill is of an area sufficiently extensive to form a firm foundation for the device, and prevent the same from assuming an inclined position.

The cap E may be a solid block, as in the figure, with "-rectangnlar apertures, tting upon the said stakes, in such a manner that'they move vertically upon the same; or it may be constructed by nailing a block, whose thickness is equal to the distance ot' the stakes apart, between two strips of board.

The operation a'nd advantages of my invention are as follows:

The cross-cleats B prevent the rails from settling into the ground, and hold the stakes A rmly together,

The sill O forms a iirm fundation for the post, prevents it from assuming any but a vertical position, or from settling into the ground, and, in combination with the cross-cleats aforesaid, forms a stable cornerblock for the fence, when used as a corner-post.

The rails are inserted in the usual manner, one above the other, in between the stakes, the lower rail resting upon the cross-cleats B.

The various parts of which the said post is composed being rectangular and cylindrical, may be packed together for transportation with the greatest facility.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I will proceed to indicate those parts of the same which I claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, in the'following, to wit:

l. The sill C, in combination with the cross-cleats B and stakes A, when constructed and arranged as and for the purpose herein substantially described.

2. The combination and arrangement of the cap E, stakes A, cross-cleats B, and sill C, substantially as described. v

JAMES N. PEASE.

lVitnesses:

HENRY J.k 000K. E. C. SeoFrnLD. 

